Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1411, Jeremiah Gifford, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Gifford, Jeremiah Sally
W. 1411
CONTENTS

2414 New York
Jeremiah Lufford
of Vienna in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hyde of the Regt commanded by Col Rogers in the Connecticut line for 15 Months,
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Novem- ber 1832 — and Rent to R.P. Johnson Rome. N.Y.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832)  $ 75 00    Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '33  25 00         $ 100. 00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by John Cromwell Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 92

1429
New York Albany
Sally Gifford widow of Jeremiah Gifford
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Ct Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Aug 1833 and sent to
J. Hathaway Rome N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 1818 Page 74 Vol. A
3/53.
1832

N o 8907 Jeremiah Gifford
formerly applied
admitted 15 mo $50
J. P. Johnson Rural NY

No 8904
BRIEF in the case of Jeremiah Gifford of Vienna Oneida Co. in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1781 May 10th drafted Served 3 3 - As a Gen.   April 1782. Enlisted for 1 year Served 1 - - { Cap Hays Comp't { Col Rodgers Reg't { Cap Charles Miles Co. { Col Saml Campbell Reg't  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norwich Ct. 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? - As above Gifford proves 1 year service. Billings & Worden prove one year service. Declarant was drafted for 3 mo. - Billings & Worden prove one year service - traditional evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Not authenticated
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Root
Examining Clerk.

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oneida County,
On this 11 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court now sitting, Jeremiah Gifford the court of Common Pleas of Oneida Co a resident of said county and state, aged seventy  One years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That he was born in 1761. 21 st July at Frederickburg. Dutchess Co NY. Recd in family bible of age. Resided at Norwich Con. when entered service. Since was at Frederickburg - German Flatts. Verona N.Y. and now Vienna, Oneida Co. That in the month of May 1780 he was drafted in Capt Hyde Co, Col Rodgers Regt of militia and served at New London Three Mos. That he enlisted in April 1782 at Norwich for One Year in Capt Charles Miles Co, Col Sam l Conforti Regt and that he was stationed at Stamford Con. and that he served the said term of One year and was regularly discharged - but received no written discharge upon Dannville affidavits and papers as all the proof he has traveled, Lt Bull cont d Officer does not now recollect any others
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph B. Read Dep y Clk
Jeremiah Gifford
We, residing in
and
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogato- ries prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states: And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Parker who has signed the annexed certificate, is a resident in Vienna Oneida Co and that Levi Parker who has also signed the same, is a resident in Saratoga and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
From distance of witnesses from court it would occasion too much expense to require a personal attendance
By the Court C. Hayward first pres d
I, George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida Co do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Gifford for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 21 st day of Sept. 1832
And I further certify that Benjamin P. Johnson was a commissioned & Jonathan Remain a justice at the time the within affidavits before them for proof to have been taken, and that their signatures therein to be in their proper hand writing. Geo. Brown Clerk Joseph B. Read Dep y Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 2 d Section of the act of 2 d February 1853. —
State of New York } County of Onondaga } ss. 1
On this 9 th day of June A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the circuit of the Supreme Court held at Rome for said county, Sally Gifford a resident of Vienna in said county aged years, who first being duly sworn, with on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the law of Congress, passed on the 3 d of February 1853, granting pen- sions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Jeremiah Gifford who was a soldier in the S t . war, & subsequently was placed on the N.Y. pension roll for said service, the particulars of which she cannot give, & does not recollect the date of act under which he was pensioned,
She declares that she was married to him in Vienna by Rev. Smith Esq. June 12 th 1819 & that her said husband Jeremiah Gifford died 27 th April 1849, she believes he rec d . $50. a year. — for proof of marriage, she refers to passes sent the Diff e a few weeks since: she has no other. She was not married to S t . Gifford prior to January 1800, but at time above stated — she declares she is still his widow. —
Sally in X Gifford mark
Sworn to & Subscribed on the day above written, before me In witness whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name, & affixed the Seal of said Court, this 9 th of

June 1853, at Rome. She is now too infirm to write. J. E. H. 1853 Dep. Clerk
Declaration car. of Sally Gifford
Just before the war Rome 1861

1928- May 15 - Elsie M. Rawlings advised cost of Photos - $1.50 1928- June 19 - Photos to Elsie Newbury, Mass.
Newbury
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1411
Sally Gifford Widow
Jemimah Gifford Prov. Rec. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 271
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ms 1.1.23 Sally Gifford widow of Jeremiah Gifford
Joy Hathaway 21 May 1803 21 May 1803 21 May 1803 Act May 8/03

1853
FEB 3
Wm Lloyd of Pensions Washington

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
J. Keane
Commissioner.
Jay Hathaway Esq. Rome New York

March 30 th 1853
App t . of Sally Gifford widow of Jeremiah Chida New York 24/4
Ag t 30 th Dec r 1853 $50. per Annum Com = R 3 rd Feb y 1853, Rev d
Gay H. Hathaway Rome N.Y.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, Official Business

Dear Genl. Pat
Sir With this is a Deed by Widow Sally Gifford for bequest of Genl. Pat. of 3 Feb 53
When a Judicial is had, please send me result
I am your obd.
Servant
J. B. Bathney
Room Mar 27
Also send Declaration
by James Howard for Land bounty
under Act of Sept. 1850, please advise
J. B. Bathney
Taken out Mar 30

June 15. 1853
Appl. of Sally Gifford widow of Jeremiah
N.Y.
Oct 30 Feb 1853
Rev:
Lady Hathaway Rome N.Y.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Supt. of Pensions

1.80.
To ex
15822
43-2233
ser BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
June 12 1928
Chief Rev. and War. Secto Division.
I have this day received from Elsie M. Rawlings money order in the amount of $ 2.50 , requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Photo mailed Finance Div 19-1928 M.H.S.
J. RANDALL Chief, Finance Division.
2662
To C.C. June 12 Law June 14

Onida County ss Me John Parker farmer and Simus Parker tavern keeper of Vienna in the said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Gifford of said town - and that we believe him to be about seventy one years of age - That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and that he is a man of truth and veracity -
John Parker Simus Parker
Onida County ss Personally appeared before me this 13 th day of July 1832 the above named John & Simus Parker to me well known as men of credibility, truth and veracity and made oath to the above - and further certify that both of the above named persons have been members of the legislature of the state of New York & Justices of the Peace - Jonathan Brainerd

Oct 24 1864 No. 1429 - Wind File 1411
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for consideration.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, [Signature] [Name] [Title]

State of New York Herkimer County ss Absalom Gifford of Warren in said County aged 68 years, personally appeared before me, and being duly sworn deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Gifford of Vienna in the County of Oneida, who is a brother of this deponent - that the said Jeremiah Gifford was a soldier in Capt Charles Miles Co, in Col Samuel Banfields Regt, Conn Troop, in the Revolutionary war, and was then called Jeremiah Gifford Junior - That the said Jeremiah Gifford and this deponent were both mustered on the same day, viz, about the first of April 1782, having enlisted for one year, and that we continued in service in said Company one year, when we were discharged from service at Stamford in the State of Connecticut - Absalom Gifford
Herkimer County ss Personally appeared before the subscriber Absalom Gifford above named to me known as a man of credibility and of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, this 3 day of July 1832
Peter H Warren Justice of the Peace

State of New York Herkimer County ss - }
Absalom Giffords of Warren in Herk County Aged 88 years Personally appeared before me and being duly sworn deposed and says that he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Giffords of Warren in the County of Oneida who is a Brother to this deponent That the said Jeremiah Giffords was drafted in the Militia of the State of Connecticut Colonel Rogers Regt and this deponent thinks Capt Hedges Company in May 1781 of the Revolution War. and this deponent further thinks the draft was for three months -
Absalom Gifford
Herkimer County ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber Absalom Giffords above named and to me known as a man of credibility and of truth & veracity and gave oath to the truth of the above deposition this 8 th day of July 1832
Peter K. Warren Justice of the Peace
Clerk's office

Berkshire County ss. I Julius B. Nelson Clerk of the County of Berkshire do hereby certify that Peter A. Warren before whom the within affidavits purport to have been taken was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn and authorized to take affidavits - And that I believe the signatures "Peter A. Warren" to be in the proper hand writing of the said Justice. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 17th day of July, 1832.
Julius B. Nelson Clerk

Jeremiah Gifford Affidavit for Pension for Revolutionary services

State of New York } & County of Onondaga }
On the 12 Day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me the Subscribing Authority, being one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, personally appears Jeremiah Gifford - aged fifty seven years, Resident in Vienna in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath, Make the following statement in Order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, that the said Jeremiah enlisted in April 1781. or 1782. in the Town of Norwich in the State of Connecticut for the Term of one year into the Company commanded by Captain Charles Miles in Col Samuel Langfield's Regt that he was stationed at Stamford in Connecticut & that he continued the full term of one year in said Corps in the Service of the United States, & that at the end of the year he was honourably discharged at Stamford aforesaid, that he was in a Skirmish or Battle between said Stamford

and White Plains in which several Men were killed & several taken prisoners. That he is in the reduced circumstance & has been for a number of years, and stands, in absolute need of assistance of his country for support, & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared Jeremiah Gifford the day & year aforesaid before me
Charles Myles One of the judges of Oneida Com. Pleas.
State of New York } Bill Smith to me & County of Oneida } well known being duly sworn deposed & saith that he is personally acquainted with the above named Jeremiah Gifford & well knows him to be the person named in the above affidavit & that he has been acquainted with him for ten years past & that he has known him to be a very poor man & that he fully believes that he is at this time in very reduced circumstance. Sworn to & subscribed this this 12 th day of June 1818 before me Bill Smith
Charles Myles
State of New York } I certify that the & County of Oneida } above named Bill Smith is a credible witness Charles Myles judge Oneida Com. Pleas.

Charles Wylie Judge as aforesaid Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jeremiah Gifford did serve in the revolutionary war for nine Months on the continental establishment as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and that it appears also to my satisfaction from the affidavit of Bill Smith that he is in reduced circumstance & stands in need of assistance from his country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress. Dated at Rome this 12 th Day of June 1818
Charles Wylie One of the judges of Onondaga Co. N.Y.
State of New York } ss & County of Onondaga }
Francis A. Bloodgood Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Charles Wylie before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made is a Judge the  in the Court of Common Pleas in said County & that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 3 day of June  July 1818 Francis A. Bloodgood

State of New York Onondaga County ss.
On this 19 th day of March 1853 personally came before me, a Justice of the Peace in & for said county. John Parker Esq. & Alvira Parker his wife, residents of Vienna in S d County, who are credible witnesses, & who after being duly sworn, do on their oaths say, that they were well acquainted with Jeremiah Gifford & Sally Gifford — in the year 1819 — that they were severally present at their marriage in said town, on the 12 th day of June 1819, that William Smith Esq. performed the ceremony — that he is dead. They further say, that said Jeremiah & Sally lived together as man & wife to the day of his death, which was on the 27 th day of April 1849, that she is, & has remained from that period his widow, & lives in Vienna. — Further they depose, that they have no interest in her claim for pension from the U.S.
John Parker
Alvira Parker
Subscribed & sworn to on the day first above named, before me
D. H. Covell, justice of the peace

State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY, CLERK'S OFFICE,
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Stephen A. Oorill
Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavits and thereon written, was, on the 19 th day of March 18 53 a Justice of the Peace, in, and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavits &c. are is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 25 th day of March 18 53
Richard Hulbert CLERK.
Mr. A. Gifford
D.C.

8997 Jeremiah Gifford Quebec - Wis
1781. Col Roger R L Militia at New London Three months.
1782. Capt Miles 60 Col Samuel Gainsfield One Year.
Total 1 Year 3 months.
John B. Johnson Great Rome N.Y.
Pension paid at U. S. Bank Utica N.Y.

State of New York Oneida County ss Billings Warden of Vienna in said County being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he is sixty three years of age and upwards - that he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Gifford of Vienna in the County of Oneida, and knew him as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War - That the said Jeremiah Gifford was a Soldier in Capt Charles Miles Co, in Col Samuel Banfields Regt. Conn. Troops in the Revolutionary War - That the said Jeremiah Gifford and this deponent served one year from about the 1st of April 1782 - and were discharged from service at Stamford in the State of Connecticut. the service being in said Miles Company and Banfields Regt -
Billings Warden
Oneida County ss Personally appeared before me the subscribed Billings Warden above named to me known as a man of truth and veracity, and made oath to the above affidavit, this 11th day of July 1832
J. B. Johnson
Comm. of Deeds.

Widows, Declaration to obtain benefits of act of Jan. 3 February 1853. —
State of New York Onondaga County
On this 19 th day of March 1853 personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in said county aforesaid, Sally Gifford aged eighty five years, a resident of Vienna in said county who after being duly sworn, doth on her oath say that she is the widow of Jeremiah Gif- ford late of said town, a Revolutionary Pension- er deceased, that the last due on her pension cer- tificate at the time of his death, has been paid to her, that her maiden name was Sally Groves , that she was married to said Jeremiah Gifford in the town aforesaid, by William Smith Esq. a Justice of the Peace on the 12 th day of June 1819, that said Smith is now dead, that she has no record of her said marriage, & fully believes there is none extant; — that her said husband died in said town on the 2 nd day of April 1849 & that she is still his widow, & has not inter married. said Gifford's pension was $50. per annum, she thinks. She makes this declara- tion in order to obtain the benefits of the provi- sion of act of Feb 5 th . 1853, as granted in the 2 nd Section thereof, and asks the Department to send her a certificate of Pension, to care of Say Wathervay at Rome N.Y. —
Sally Gifford
Sworn & Subscribed before me, on the day of March first above named, & I certify that I believe that said Sally is widow of said Jeremi- ah Gifford, the identical soldier & pensioner above named, & is of the age above stated. — I have no interest in her said claim. —
Stephen V. Lovell Justice of Peace

State of New York
Tompkins County ss: On the twelfth day of April
1819. Before me Henry V. Burt one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Tompkins County appeared Lemuel Beckwith, who being by me personally known to be a credible and respectable witness and also being by me first duly sworn according to the laws of the State of New York deposed and said that he is personally acquainted with Jeremiah Esgood that he was acquainted with the said Jeremiah Esgood in the Army of the United States, that the said Jeremiah, was then called Jeremiah Esgood Junior, that the said Jeremiah Esgood Senior belonged to Capt. Charles Mikes Company, in Col. Samuel Cuyler's Regiment in the Connecticut Line, that the said Jeremiah and the said Jeremiah Esgood, were both enlisted in New Jersey, which was about the first of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty-two, that they enlisted for one year only and that they both served in the said Company throughout, where they were honorably discharged from service in Stamford in the State of Connecticut at the close of the war.
Given this 12 th day of April 1819. Before me H. V. Burt Justice of the Peace
Lemuel Beckwith

State of New York Tompkins County ss: I hereby certify that Henry D.
Barto requires before whom the within affidavit was made was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace in & for said county duly commissioned and sworn as such and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe the signature "H. D. Barto" to be his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of this court this 28th April in the Year 1819 J. H. Shaw, Clerk.
33 Jeremiah Gifford, Private, Oneida County, N.Y. One year in Col. Eastfield's regt. Conn. Line.
12th June, 1818.
Not on Cont. Estab!
Col. Gifford's Regt. Oneida Co. N.Y.
Pay etc.
Charles Mylie, Judge.
Joshua Hathaway, agt.
Rome, New-York.
Jeremiah Gifford paid for pension. Revolution.

Brief in the case of Sally Gifford, widow of Jeremiah Oneida County and State of New York , act 3 d Feby. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the act of 7 th June. 1832. Parole proof of marriage. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jay Hathaway Esq. Rome, N.Y. Name and residence of Agent
E. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

M. O. # 139182 - $2 50
Toledo, O. June 8-1928
U.S. Dept. Interior Bureau of Pensions Winfield Scott Comm.
Dear Sir - In reply to your letter of May 16-1928 concerning the claim of Jeremiah Gifford (Rev. & 1812 War Res. Connecticut troops but New York residence after service.
You state there are 15 pages of the record at 15¢ per page and 25¢ extra for Certification.
I am enclosing a money order for $2.50 for Certified Copy which you will please have made for me and oblige
Respt Yours
Elsie M. Rawlings 3240 Glenwood Ave Toledo Ohio

mp Enclosed
Toledo O April 12 1928
Commissioner Of Pensions; Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I would very much like to obtain the War Record of Jeremiah Gifford who served in the Revolutionary War. I believe in the 6 th Regiment Militia New York State. I wonder what information you can give me? and what the charges would be for same? Could I get a Certified Copy of his service? If so what would it cost?
Yours Respt.
Elsie M Rawlings 3240 Glenwood Toledo Ohio

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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
MMMYF
May 16, 1928.
Elsie M. Rawlings, 3340 Glenwood, Toledo, Ohio.
Madam:
I advise you that if you desire photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Jeremiah Gifford (W.1411), Connecticut troops, (but New York residence after service) the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912 at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is fifteen.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of Interior.
Stamp herewith returned.
Respectfully,
105/5 11/25 2.250
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.